"If an invited National Team does not accept the invitation or is unable to participate in the OQT 2, or if there is a vacancy for any of the quotas listed above , the next highest -ranked and eligible National Team in the NOC Ranking in the respective gender category , not already qualified for the LA28 Olympic Games will be invited to participate to the OQT 2 ."

Full entry lists finalised   https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/kujawypomorze26/news/press-releases/entry-lists-world-indoor-championships-kujawy-pomorze-26

The lack of fans is something i have mentioned and observed for a couple of years now. And it relates to the whole of Scandinavia (with some exceptions here and there, like Lahti last week). Whatever snow sport i watch in Scandinavia, it's always jarring how there are barely any fans, when compared to starts in Continental Europe.   I don't know what is the reason, but it feels like people there have started taking skiing for granted and something that's an everyday thing and not a special sporting event. And they know their starts aren't going anywhere, because of history, climate situation and necessity.  

some of them already have the Italian passport, however all of them are eligible to get it, if required should our NOC and federation want (which is a big "if"), we are always able to field a very competitive team, even better than this one on paper (we could call up pitchers like Gerrit Cole and Zac Gallen, for instance)

Here's a deep look for Group A in terms of qualification to the World Cup.    and  have already qualified while  is eliminated.   If  or  defeat  or  respectively they will qualify to the World Cup.   If  looses then they need either  to win or  to loose. If  looses then they need either  to loose or  to loose.   For  to qualify they need to defeat  and  to loose.

This is why baseball is good for the Olympics. There are nations that will compete for medals in baseball that very rarely compete for medals in many other sports.  did not win a single medal at Paris 2024.

completes the ice hockey sweep - men's ice hockey, women's ice hockey, paralympic sled hockey

Stage 22 in Oslo (NOR)   Men´s Individual Large Hill:   1. Tomofumi Naito    128.7 2. Anze Lanisek    128.6 3. Antti Aalto     127.6   Full Final Result HERE

It was the first international hockey match in Hyderabad since 2003. The stadium had been left unused.   Recently it got a makeover, increased seating, new astroturf, floodlights, dressing rooms and gpo painted. It had the old turfs in a bad condition until few months ago when I went. Sergio Pagni, India's compound archery coach was then guiding young archers. Bushes had grown on some part of the stadium, the cement seating had been damaged and a significant part of old turf had worn out making it non usable for hockey.   A lot of people I met during the tournament here especially those in 30s 40s were confused with the quarter system and were asking when did it become quarter.. wasn't it two halves of 35 mins each... Hockey used to be popular once but after 2000s it has gone on decline and post 2010s it's been an exponential decline with the rise of T20 Cricket and IPL.